Project description:Complement protein C1q is induced after injury in the brain and during Alzheimer's disease and has been shown to protect against amyloid-beta induced neuronal death. In this study, we used microarray approach to identify the pathways modulated by C1q that are associated with neuroprotection. Immature rat cortical primary neurons are treated with fibrillar amyloid-beta peptides and/or C1q for 3h before RNA extraction and hybridization on rat Affymetrix microarrays. Supplementary file: Processed/normalized, probe-level signal intensities from neurons treated with amyloid-beta or C1q. Median signal intensity used as global normalization method, done with JMP genomics (v5.0) software.
Project description:Microglial cGAS Deletion Preserves Intercellular Communication and Alleviates Amyloid-β-Induced Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease
Project description:Microglial cGAS Deletion Preserves Intercellular Communication and Alleviates Amyloid-β-Induced Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease
Project description:Complement protein C1q is induced after injury in the brain and during Alzheimer's disease and has been shown to protect against amyloid-beta induced neuronal death. In this study, we used microarray approach to identify the pathways modulated by C1q that are associated with neuroprotection.
Project description:Increasing evidences reveal that the peripheral immune system is involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we report that pulmonary B lymphocytes mitigated beta-Amyloid (Aβ) pathology in 5xFAD mice. The proportion of B cells, rather than T cells, increased within the brain, meningeal and lung tissues in 3-month-old 5xFAD mice. Deletion of mature B cells aggravated Aβ load and memory deficits of 5xFAD mice. Furthermore, increasing pulmonary B cells via overexpression of B-cell-activating factor ameliorated brain Aβ load and improved cognitive functions of 10-month-old 5xFAD mice. Together, these results highlighted the lungs as both immune targets and effector organs in Aβ pathogenesis. Pulmonary B cells could serve as a potential target against AD.
Project description:We examined the role of TREM2 on microglia responses to amyloid-beta deposition in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease Microglia were FACS-purified from 8.5 month old WT, Trem2-/-, 5XFAD, and Trem2-/- 5XFAD mice
Project description:Kyrtsos2011 - A systems biology model for
Alzheimer's disease (Cholesterol in AD)
Encoded non-curated model. Issues:
- Confusing HmgCoA differential equation
- Confusing d2 and t1 parameters
- Lack of initial values for several key species
This model is described in the article:
Of Mice and Math: A Systems
Biology Model for Alzheimer's disease
Kyrtsos, Christina Rose
UMD Theses and Dissertations
Abstract:
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent
neurodegenerative disorder in the US, affecting over 1 in 8
people over the age of 65. There are several well-known
pathological changes in the brains of AD patients, namely: the
presence of diffuse beta amyloid plaques derived from the
amyloid precursor protein (APP), hyper-phosphorylated tau
protein, neuroinflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction.
Recent studies have shown that cholesterol levels in both the
plasma and the brain may play a role in disease pathogenesis,
however, this exact role is not well understood. Additional
proteins of interest have also been identified (ApoE, LRP-1,
IL-1) as possible contributors to AD pathogenesis. To help
understand these roles better, a systems biology mathematical
model was developed. Basic principles from graph theory and
control analysis were used to study the effect of altered
cholesterol, ApoE, LRP and APP on the system as a whole.
Negative feedback regulation and the rate of cholesterol
transfer between astrocytes and neurons were identified as key
modulators in the level of beta amyloid. Experiments were run
concurrently to test whether decreasing plasma and brain
cholesterol levels with simvastatin altered the expression
levels of beta amyloid, ApoE, and LRP-1, to ascertain the edge
directions in the network model and to better understand
whether statin treatment served as a viable treatment option
for AD patients. The work completed herein represents the first
attempt to create a systems-level mathematical model to study
AD that looks at intercellular interactions, as well as
interactions between metabolic and inflammatory pathways.
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